Cash Money

 

They say you can’t take it all with you when you depart for the hereafter. Clearly, whoever said that never met the person who commissioned this coffin, adorned entirely with bills and coins. It’s an extravagant piece that serves as a striking reminder—some people truly have more money than they know what to do with.

If you want to see this for yourself, visit the: National Museum of Funeral History in Houston. 

The Great Lucky Penny Search!

My mother started me a coin collection when I was young, we collected US coins and a few foreign (our definition of Foreign at the time was Mexico and Canada.) Since I have grown older it has grown to encompass many countries and more than just coins. I always loved how a currency can tell you so much about a country, and how they are works of art within themselves. However unlike some, I never placed any superstition or “luck” to a particular coin, until last year. On 26-March-2009 when I was in the UK, I received a random 1 penny, and I decided that it was lucky, and this penny never left my sight. Well that is until today, when at some point I lost my lucky penny. I am unsure of how or where, but I do know that it is gone, so I am on the lookout for a new lucky penny. Now I could raid my coin collection or use a US penny, but that would not be the same… I don’t feel that any of those could be my new lucky penny…. So I am reaching out to the world for help. If you would like to send me a new lucky penny, just let me know I will get you my address…. I am also willing to send one in return if you like…